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The Vikings aren't total frauds, but they are "fraudulent adjacent"

I don't believe that the Vikings are complete and total frauds. I think that they're partially frauds. They're fraudulent adjacent. I am worried that they would get to the NFC championship game... because the way the NFC is shaking out, it feels like if the Vikings will get that second seed and whoever is the seven seed is going to be a team that we think about as like, 'ooh, watch out for them.'

The Vikings finished 13-4 with a negative point differential and lost at home in the Wild Card round, largely validating the 'partially fraudulent' label despite their win total.

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Nov 14, 2022
#858
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Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL

Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL and, and I'm confident in saying that what he did in that game, the catches he made, the fourth down catch he made was one of the craziest catches I've ever seen.

Jefferson finished the 2022 season as the NFL Offensive Player of the Year, leading the league in receptions and yards.
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Nov 14, 2022
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The new "Moneyball" is pairing fast wide receivers with quarterbacks who only have 95% arm strength

I think that's what Mike McDaniel learned. He's like, we can absolutely hack the rule book if you just run faster than everyone and then probably maybe get underthrown just a little bit... and then you start working your way back to the ball you get interfered with. I'm just saying... that is the new Moneyball. It's just fast, fast wide receivers with like 95% arm strength quarterbacks.

This is a satirical observation about offensive strategy and the utilization of speed to exploit defensive rules.
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Nov 14, 2022
#859
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The Vikings will win at least one playoff game this season

The Vikings will probably win a playoff game and we, we will get nervous at that point. I'm worried about the Vikings because they will have home, home field advantage to the NFC. They will probably win a playoff game.

The Vikings lost at home to the Giants in the Wild Card round, failing to win a single playoff game despite their 13-4 record.

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The Ravens are using a physical loophole to back out of the Maxx Crosby trade

I'm calling bullshit on all this. It does feel like something's fishy here. And maybe it's just the Ravens using the loophole of, hey, we can see, we can trade for Maxx Crosby, see how the rest of free agency plays out, knowing that this stupid legal tampering and then official free agency, there's a two day gap and then just figure it out later.

The trade was literally rescinded, but the 'nefarious loophole' theory is a subjective interpretation of front office tactics.
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The NFL needs a 'no-backsies' rule for players who post elaborate social media goodbye videos

If you post a 13 minute goodbye video on social media like Maxx Crosby did, that should just be trade final. You can't come back on that... I actually am rooting for Maxx Crosby to be on the Raiders now because that will be so awkward and funny.

This is a humorous rule proposal, not a verifiable prediction.
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The Panthers were right to overpay for Jaelan Phillips

The Panthers getting Jaelan Phillips, even though it was a lot of money, I feel like you gotta do it. Cap went up and I feel like you have to do those type of moves, especially when you are a playoff team from last year. Your defense was a problem... I'd be like, oh, Howie's interested? I'll give him more money.

The success of the Panthers' defense with Phillips will determine if the overpay was justified.

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